Children and Young People Residential Care Officer

Can you make a house feel like a home in a team that feels like a family? Are you resilient, passionate and enthusiastic about building meaningful relationships with young people? Ever considered a rewarding career, supporting care experienced young people to achieve their full potential? We have various exciting opportunities available within our Children's Homes Child Care Teams. As we continue to progress our transformational improvement journey, we are able to offer part time and full-time posts. Please state in your application your preference for full time or part time opportunities This is a varied role where no two days will be the same. Working to various shift patterns, there is the requirement to undertake some weekend working and overnight stays. You could be playing games, preparing meals, encouraging self-care or supporting with homework but above all, you need to see, to hear, to listen and to guide. We are looking for new colleagues who are passionate about spending meaningful time with children and young people in residential care and championing their welfare, potential and aspirations to be successful adults in their own local community. You will need to be approachable, resilient and adaptive to the needs of young people within our care. You will be working within a team dedicated to making a real positive difference. Like in any home, with any family, you will celebrate success together and support each other when there are challenges. Our Purpose To provide children and young people in our homes, with an excellent standard of care that is nurturing, and loving ensuring that all aspects of their physical, educational, intellectual, emotional and social needs are met to the highest standard. We are committed to creating a safe haven, for children and young people to feel safe and thrive. Your Role

• Enabling our children to enjoy and cherish a wide range of positive experiences and childhood memories, provided by a dedicated care team that are passionate about improving life opportunities for children.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of all children within our home and local community.
• Act as an appropriate role model to help our children achieve their optimum potential.
• Enable our children to live a life that ensures their individual voice is not only heard, but listened to, valued, respected and promoted throughout the home, with professionals across services and the rights of children are promoted to the best standard.
• Provide children with the best possible health and wellbeing care and support. Ensuring they live full and healthy lives and are educated on the value of self-care and wellbeing.
• Promote the individual identity of children, creating an environment of equality where they receive support to enable them to develop and flourish into successful, confident adults in our local community., All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification.
If you require an informal discussion about the role, please contact billy.metcalfe@nelincs.gov.uk In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:
• At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
• You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
• References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your CV and application form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position
  
  We are seeking candidates who are passionate about caring for children, have an understanding of the role of Corporate Parenting and who are determined to ensure that our children achieve the best possible outcomes.
You will be highly motivated and ambitious about the future for our children. You will need a good level of written report writing skills and have clear communication skills in order to communicate with children, colleagues and partner agencies. You will be highly organised with a willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of our children. This post carries a requirement to work unsocial hours at times, and weekend work as part of a rolling rota pattern. Subject to eligibility the role requires the completion of a Children Young People and Families Level 4 Apprenticeship or equivalent. You must be committed to undertake and complete this qualification within eighteen months. Can you be the person who can help our care experienced young people succeed? If so, we want to hear from you.


• Competitive salary of up to £25,979 FTE with an additional shift allowance taking full time colleagues to £27,334 FTE.
• Enrolment on a Level 4 Apprenticeship Qualification in Children, Young People and Families
• Additional payments for sleep-ins.
• Supported working environment
• Strong leadership and regular reflective supervision
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching
• Successful candidates will receive a detailed induction, access to ongoing specialist training and regular supervision.
• You will develop a detailed knowledge of current legislation relating to children in care and you will be supported to develop your practice, skills knowledge and experience in order to demonstrate the highest standards of care and values to our children., As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform. This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels. NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme. Do you need support? If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form. Your earnings go further in North East Lincolnshire, house prices are four times less than in London. Learn more about what our place has to offer at #FindYourSpace Get to know us better Check out our and read about all of the exciting new developments we have in the pipeline. We regularly review data to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, transparent and promote equal opportunities for all. We also have an in-house Equalities Champions Group that works to promote and embed in the workplace, helping us identify areas where we can take positive action, and make the organisation a safe space for colleagues to feel connected.